How to wire cable between network sockets
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Posted by on January 23, 2006, 6:47 am
Please log in for more thread options Hi - I have a small four port switch/ADSL router in one room, and a PC in another. I want to be able to connect the two together, by putting network sockets in both rooms and then just using patch cables to plug them in, but I'm not sure what the wiring between the two wall sockets should be - should it be straight through or crossover? I did wonder whether they should both go up to a hub/switch (do you get unpowered ones?) instead, in case I decide to add in other rooms later - would the wiring then be different again? Cheers, Colin. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by DecaturTxCowboy on January 23, 2006, 8:26 am
Please log in for more thread options seajays@hotmail.com wrote: > should it be straight through or crossover?
Everything should be straight through. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by The OTHER Kevin in San Diego on January 23, 2006, 2:55 pm
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On 23 Jan 2006 03:47:26 -0800, seajays@hotmail.com wrote: >Hi - I have a small four port switch/ADSL router in one room, and a PC
>in another. I want to be able to connect the two together, by putting >network sockets in both rooms and then just using patch cables to plug >them in, but I'm not sure what the wiring between the two wall sockets >should be - should it be straight through or crossover? Straight through. Same with the patch cables. >I did wonder whether they should both go up to a hub/switch (do you get
>unpowered ones?) instead, in case I decide to add in other rooms later >- would the wiring then be different again? Make each station a home run (pull it to one location) and nail it down on some sort of patch panel, or crimp an end on the cable and plug it directly into your switch/hub. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by on January 24, 2006, 12:13 am
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The OTHER Kevin in San Diego <skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net> wrote:
> > Make each station a home run (pull it to one location) and nail it > down on some sort of patch panel Good advice. > or crimp an end on the cable and
> plug it directly into your switch/hub. Terrible advice. Solid wire (which is what should be used) is intended to be punched down on a jack, not have a plug crimped onto it, which is why most plugs are not designed for use on solid cable and will be extremely unreliable if used. Even if you do get plugs designed for solid cable, plugging and unplugging the cable (which invariably happens if it has a plug on it) will eventually cause the conductors to break. Also, manual crimps are unreliable. If you don't need a full patch panel, you can just use keystone jacks. You can get multi-jack face plates that will hold up to six jacks. -Larry Jones You don't get to be Mom if you can't fix everything just right. -- Calvin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by DecaturTxCowboy on January 24, 2006, 2:07 am
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lawrence.jones@ugs.com wrote: >>or crimp an end on the cable and
>>plug it directly into your switch/hub. >
> > Terrible advice. Solid wire (which is what should be used) is intended > to be punched down on a jack, not have a plug crimped onto it, which is > why most plugs are not designed for use on solid cable and will be > extremely unreliable if used. But the key is "used" how many times.....as long as you use the correct plug for solid wire, it'll work, but not for repeated plugging in (but how often do you really do that?). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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